For 7 years i was an exhibitor at the Southeastern Wildlife Exposition and during that great event in Charleston there was a blues festival taking place in many venues around this wonderful southern city. The Home Team BBQ was one of our favorites with some great musicians performing almost nightly for two weeks. What fun to paint this scene along with my styrofoam cup in the foreground!!

We took the island ferry to Ocracoke on the Outer Banks to attend their summer music festival.The weather was perfect so that in the mornings i could go for a beach run. In the evenings all over the island musicians played in different venues. The central park was set up with a stage and lighting and there was something magical about the stars, lightening bugs, and good music that made it a vacation to dream about during those long Ohio winters.